We are the Mighty Merton Mustangs: Tina Heizman, Chris Reuter, John Rheineck, Karen Taylor, and Cathy McMahon
Our Team Expectations:
We will make our project work for all grades levels K-8
We will meet in between our on-line dates if need be
Identify 21st century global literacy skills
Learn how to develop experiences that use 21st century global learning techniques
Change the mindset of the district regarding tech
We will be able to "pass on" the project to our district
Improve day to day 21st century skills as educators
Form collaborative relationships to use as resources
Get lots of help from my team members
Develop the Merton E-Learning site as a team
We will meet together as a group often, sometimes virtually
The team will help each other out throughout the plan/program
Use a variety of web 2.0 tools and develop experiences
Meet virtually beyond our formal times
Everyone shares in the work
Learn skills and gain experience to develop and teach on an e-site
Notes from f2f meeting
PLP Action Research Plan 1. The problem or question Increase collaboration using social networking between faculty members.
We want the level of collaboration to increase through using 21 Century collaboration tools to utilizing Moodle including blogs, wikis, & forum. 2. Objectives and assessment Objectives
To learn about collaboration tools 2.0
Increase using the tools
Increase professional interaction /collaboration
Mastering/Assessment:
Pre-survey and a post-survey
When to use & introduce:
Use some of the vertical team meetings to introduce collaboration social networks.
Then give staff possible times when to use SN: before school, after school, during team meetings, & at lunch. 3. Networked Design Moodle 4. Set Content What have others done? In collaboration and social networking for faculty 5. Proposal Giving staff structured time to develop professional collaboration practices as well as collaboration time to assist with instruction. Time will be given in face to face coffees, professional development classes, team meetings, inservice dates, vertical team meetings, summer curriculum developemnt, and working informally one-on-one with staff. 6. Evaluation
We will give out a post survey to get comparative data. We are looking to see if staff increased their frequency of collaboration tools. Also if they begin using new types of tools. 7. Time Line
Professional classes were started in January (Twitter, PhotoStory, Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, Voicethread, Book Study (Teaching for Tomorrow))
Face to face chats with staff on a bi-monthly meeting schedule about collaboration skills
We will be giving out the pre-survey in April.
We will create a social network for staff to use for collaboration by the end of May 2010.
We will do the post survey April of 2011.
After the post survey we will analyze the data and redevelop strategies to meet the needs of staff and their collaboration skills.
We will provide different professional classes based on the data gathered.
We will encourage and expand learning opportunities to staff beyond our district boundaries.
We will provide opportunities for staff to model and learn global collaboration.
We are the Mighty Merton Mustangs: Tina Heizman, Chris Reuter, John Rheineck, Karen Taylor, and Cathy McMahon
Our Team Expectations:
Notes from f2f meeting
PLP Action Research Plan
1. The problem or question
Increase collaboration using social networking between faculty members.
We want the level of collaboration to increase through using 21 Century collaboration tools to utilizing Moodle including blogs, wikis, & forum.
2. Objectives and assessment
Objectives
To learn about collaboration tools 2.0
Increase using the tools
Increase professional interaction /collaboration
Mastering/Assessment:
Pre-survey and a post-survey
When to use & introduce:
Use some of the vertical team meetings to introduce collaboration social networks.
Then give staff possible times when to use SN: before school, after school, during team meetings, & at lunch.
3. Networked Design
Moodle
4. Set Content
What have others done? In collaboration and social networking for faculty
5. Proposal
Giving staff structured time to develop professional collaboration practices as well as collaboration time to assist with instruction. Time will be given in face to face coffees, professional development classes, team meetings, inservice dates, vertical team meetings, summer curriculum developemnt, and working informally one-on-one with staff.
6. Evaluation
We will give out a post survey to get comparative data. We are looking to see if staff increased their frequency of collaboration tools. Also if they begin using new types of tools.
7. Time Line
8. Documentation
Teaser to our PLP Project http://www.screencast.com/t/OWFlNjNiOD
Survey Monkey http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/V8CTF3Q Staff Pre-Survey about collaboration
About our Project http://reuterc.edu.glogster.com/plp-glog/